by Kelsey Oke   In a world full of innocent fabrications and filters, it’s so easy to feel lost in the spurious sea of simulation. We lie about our age on dating apps, we embellish our experiences with music and overlays, and we forge feigned realities just hoping no one will dare to question or discredit whatever we’re posting.    Authenticity feels foreign and being veritable feels much too intimate. When did it become so extreme just to be genuine with each other (with ourselves)? If we are all human with human faults and human failings and human flaws, why...

by Kelsey Oke     When I was 21 years old I almost slept through my connection in Munich en route from Toronto to Milan. One suitcase, one solo passenger, one aching heart, and Chapter One of my Abroad Life lying in wait. Who was I, to be so brave? When I was 22 I held his hand stepping off of that second international flight, taking my second international job, moving into my second international home, beginning Chapter Two of this life I knew would be unparallelled, now that this time he was next to me, instead of breaking my...

Dearest moon chasers, It is with my greatest pleasure to start this private blog where we publish our monthly moon musings and a recap of our circle activities, and it is with greatest gratitude from all of us that you have registered, signed up, and visited this page. We are all passionate learners and dedicated professionals who are contributing our time, knowledge, energy and space pro bono. This page was created with certain restrictions in place is to protect our consciousness, topics, and ritual activities from being misquoted, and misused by people who have not yet come to understand our purpose.  This section...